2016–17_Utah_Utes_men's_basketball_team

2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball team

2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball team

American college basketball season


The 2016–17 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Larry Krystkowiak. They played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament to California. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Boise State.

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Previous season

The Utes finished the 2015–16 season 27–9, 13–5 in the Pac-12 play to finish in second place. In the Pac-12 tournament, the Utes defeated USC and California to advance to the championship game where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, as a No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region. They beat Fresno State in the first round before losing in the No. 11-seed Gonzaga in the second round.

Off-season

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2016 recruiting class

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Roster

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  • Dec. 12, 2016- Junior guard Tim Coleman elected to transfer after eight games into the season.[7]

Schedule and results

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References

  1. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: Jakob Poeltl will enter 2016 NBA Draft (with video)". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  2. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: JuCo guard Tim Coleman commits to Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  3. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: 2016 JuCo guard Jojo Zamora commits to Runnin' Utes during visit". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  4. Goon, Kyle. "Reports: Runnin' Utes get commit from SMU transfer Sedrick Barefield". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  5. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: David Collette enrolls, joins Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  6. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: SLCC big man Tyler Rawson commits to Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  7. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: Guard Tim Coleman to transfer from Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2017.

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